Alfred Evan REAMES

(1870-1943)

Senate Years of Service:

1938-1938

Party:

Democrat

REAMES, Alfred Evan, a
Senator from Oregon; born in Jacksonville, Jackson County, Oreg.,
February 5, 1870; attended the public schools, the University of
the Pacific, San Jose, Calif., and the University of Oregon at
Eugene; graduated from the law department of Washington and Lee
University, Lexington, Va., in 1893; admitted to the bar the same
year and commenced practice in Eugene, Oreg., and in various places
in the State; served as district attorney of Jackson, Josephine,
Klamath, and Lake Counties, Oreg., 1900-1908; returned to Medford,
Oreg., in 1908 and continued the practice of law; also engaged in
mining and became part owner of the Deep Gravel Mining Co.;
president, Three Pines Timber Co.; appointed on February 1, 1938,
as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation of Frederick Steiwer and served from
February 1, 1938, to November 8, 1938, when a successor was
elected; was not a candidate for election in 1938 to fill the
vacancy; resumed the practice of law; died in Medford, Oreg., on
March 4, 1943; interment in Siskiyou Memorial Park.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present